The Dillon tribune., 1887-02-04

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There was sorz-2,hi.s :.y.2c;is~ about i.
to u3- t.-@ slang q t..e d.: :: last It Il
| tr711ct..t. JOE 10 ;le row CT r~.s7tciTies ;l@
Gy:.y .kci,. Green ai1,5 al abroa4 ni the Oh
iicl@c fo.i,, z1eel Ii e...c,: and n. l:c--
.lc:2lsLcls and i-.ca-ytt;b!y b1l.s lis tcai K
| pep through thoze respectable .'ci!nt5s ou1
| &c -'i:as 10 could 81.
| And this Is what he saw: Such q Lowell:
girl. Ha- hal. v-.s rcC. to be sure but it .Tas
tks. bronze rel that looks brown il Tx
depth Of it, ,ippl2s and gold on their crcsts
Just nov. il the !ia:ir:, Sunshine. j. vas al
a rich dec, red. with gilt threats among il.
bu. then she hal suc,, eyes! large, clear. rcs:
hazel eyes, IS beautiful es robins or e
squirrels, fringcd with dark laeLca and over
browed with delicate dark arches, {. little
lifted with look OF surprise t,a: was tho
result Of shape and outline.
1resTet to say that her fair, soft brow and
chezs were slightly frcckled. but in such a
fresh rcd ard white the smallest spot will
sho'", as.d nobody is Perfectly beautiful, net
cve, Mary Ann My. commonly called
NANNY May" For instance. her mouth was
large; but then it was SO full. so red. and
parted over such firm white teeth, that il:
seemed just to match the saucy little nose above
and the round dimplel chin below it. Her
waist was large. too, just as largo as the
waist CT any sc;ilpturel goddess wrought by
Phtljas Or Praxtc!es, for Nanny had never
been pinched in mind or body. or given over
to that awful tyrant They" who puts our
girls to the torture Of rack and boot from
their infancy, that they may be ard Go MS
The do and are.
But she had a tall, strong, sharcly figure,
and its movements were all instinct with the
un:ramneleh grace Of nature. As she stood
in hc! liothers garden, with both hands clasp
Ing her pet to Icr bosom. !. basket cf daI,elc-
lion green's and an old case knit. at her feet,
she was 4 perfect picture: hut she had rot Gil
ida Of it.
Jo2's theories :'o,l u, lie saz.d. The voice
ko} not Eisls': lin, it was .r' 0 mothers
voice: the ti,,rli,i: on whom Nanny layia!4ei
her sweet words, her 1en'i.rc.llracc. c:... her
i.Ese;. WIS, ..:i:.
But such Il cGi. Peter W., Us .,Ica. u
beauty as his 1nis.ress. His cost Of deep
bule-gray was striped and dashed with SHIN
ing black; a ring Of black encirclcl his mas
siye neck; his tail was ringed also with sable,
alyl five wide black stripes ran from between
bis ears down to the very tip Of the tail,
merging rs they went into ono broad band.
then there was u sllow-white spot upon his
breast, and his powerful paws were black as
jet
1MaInys dumb silly about that there cat,"
was her fathers chronic srowl: but, since
Nanny was all the child left to him, and in
MS secret heart its living idol hc only
srowled He would not have uttered {. de-
rogatory word about Peter for anything; he
.ven remembered to get a bit nf meat for him
whenever he went to the village, and had
)nce been known to turn back half :. mile for
hat very purpose.
AS for mother May, she spoiled tho cat Just
Is sho had spoiled Mary Ann. She was q
lear, kindly, tendcr-hcartcd old woman, with
IN utter inability to rule or order or mold
anybody or anything She took life as she
ound it, and neither fictted ut nor tried to
lme,id it'll sort Of moral feather bed, soft
o evaporation, but, after all, rcstful to tho
ager, hartlworiM, cxaspcrated and wiry
'eople Of her race.
"A proper, nice woman" SemantLv Car.
Ter said: "otways an externally good
,aturcd. No faculty in her, and ono that
lies You considerable when you want to havo
hnss gee; but when you're sick or sorry,
ort OF confortia', like poultice."
Peter knew his power and his position,
Pette,l from his carly kttcnhood 10 soon
earned, like the young Of the human species.
hat nc could tyrannize over his ln.tt,r> and
hen tho Warintst, softest :cat was given M
o him, tn" door opened ut his frs: ,.prai.
he gible's IF the rarely used fowls we're
avcd for him. his tastes gratitisl and his no.
ions respected. Ono is sometimes tcn,pt..l Ia
lalf accept tn" masculine theory that women
Ike tyrants. when ono secs how they mann.
actu,c them for themselves.
Now. Joseph Parker had just come 10 Nferi.
len to live. y certain Mr.. Webb, who had a
in Vermont, had moved tn
'leriden I" get moro water power, and us Lex,
Parker was his foreman in tho paper mill he
lad moved too, hired Il house I, little woy ont
II tn" village. next to Mr.. Mays holustca.l.
'na sr"n.ht with hin: his lnother--a,ul his
Mothers cat. Hence this story, and wh,t.
yer tears may hsprinklc it.
Mrs. Parker 5 cat was not at I'LL like Peter
Nay He was black, all black, with green.
'pllrw eyes. and an aspect that mad. a
stranger think Of the regulation cat that VIVA
he familiar OF witches in all history. HI
'ana' ir"ia Hanover to Merilen hy rail. no;lc,l
" ii! IL strawberry crate. Kissing, shifting
'""lnG and sharpening his claws on Ills frail
'r's"h ail The way. to tho terror Of every ms.
enser in the car. Indeed, Joe was forced to
nrry crate and all into baggae" car at tho
hire. station. aud ride with it tho rest Of tho
Way, for the brakemcn refused to look nf,cr
t, so 'a''l:ea were they With tho wild anin,,,
within. Tiger was sent into solitary coniiuc.
ncht III the cellar as S',o:l rs Mrs. r,ri.n-
cached her hcusc, and Was s,,ts.urlhy huncor
mi darkness before they dared to lct him
'anssc abroad in the now nri,i,borhocd,
Now, .'"a Par"cr h;:d rot been in M,r,,.,,
"nG enough TO make mnch acquaintance
here, and was very hard at worl: tho first
CIV weeks Of his stay, SO that h" alwav, went
% sleep IL church OF, Sunday. and mi..s;,, .nv
@ht thereby OF the hloomi;.. d.n,scis in th,
'hoir ca IN tho pews: he Was :sx'a,n". of il tn
'c sure. but there WAS tho chang. nj mir cro,,,
trllOEt NlOlllltainS To liza e.. -.